Zojz

Albanian[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.^[1]^[2]^[3] Cognates stemming from the noun *dyḗws with a similar phonological development are the Messapic Zis and Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). In Albanian, Messapic, and Greek, the original cluster *di̯ of *di̯ḗu̯s underwent affrication to *dz.^[3]^[2] In Albanian it further assibilated into *z.^[3] Other Indo-European cognates are the Sanskrit द्यौस् (dyaús) and Latin Iovis.

Probably related to Albanian zot, which has been analysed as an ancient Albanian compound for "Sky father": Proto-Albanian *dźie̅u ̊ + *a(t)t-, from *dyew- (“sky”) +‎ *átta (“father”), compare Sanskrit द्यौष्पितृ (dyáuṣ-pitṛ́), Proto-Italic *djous patēr (whence Latin Iuppiter), Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter).^[4]

Zojz m (plural Zojzë, definite Zojzi, definite plural Zojzit)

Declension of Zojz

^ Mann, Stuart E. (1952) “The Indo-European Consonants in Albanian”, in Language, volume 28, number 1, Linguistic Society of America, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 31–40 p. 32
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Søborg, Tobias Mosbæk (2020) Sigmatic Verbal Formations in Anatolian and Indo-European: A Cladistic Study (Thesis)‎^[1], University of Copenhagen, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Hyllested, Adam, Joseph, Brian D. (2022) “Albanian”, in Olander, Thomas, editor, The Indo-European Language Family : A Phylogenetic Perspective, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 223–245 p. 232
^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[2] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 431-2